D isn't keen on the idea of a wedding cake. personally, i had my cake all picked out (it was a giant coconut cake, square and covered in fat flakes), but the more we talk about pie, the more i like the idea. i've seen a few sites mention pie instead of cake, and i realize there are all sorts of pies out there, including galettes, tarts and even hand pies.
my main issue with pies is 1) they can't be prepared too far in advance and 2) i have yet to see a pie buffet that i thought was pretty. a cake makes a grand statement, a row of pies, not so much. or at least i haven't figured out a way to make it look cool, and not just like a line of pies. they can also be messy and to be perfectly frank, i do kind of want that coconut cake. i understand that not everyone likes coconut, but dammit, i do. i'm only getting married once, and i like coconut! shit, i'd be happy with cupcakes, as long as some were coconut.
the jury is still out on this, but do you have a good pie recipe? do you want to pass it on? i'm not a huge fan of apple, just so you know. :-) i'm more a berry or cherry kind of girl! what do you think would make a pie buffet look elegant and modern, and not like a ton of pies? have you been to a wedding that didn't have cake, and if so, what did you think?
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I do have some pie recipes to pass along if you'd like. Also, we had cupcakes (see my Flickr account - I should have some pics there) and had everyone decorate them on their own (this was 2003, before cupcakes had been done to death at weddings). I made a fake cake to stash the cupcakes, and that was a lot of fun and the source of much amusement.
ReplyDeleteI think that if you had some unusual (but sturdy) cake stands to create a multi-level pie table, you could totally pull off a multi-pie fest. You can make a nice cake stand with some plates, cups, and epoxy - you could even make a multi-tiered one with a larger cup (upturned) under a plate with a smaller cup (upturned again) with a saucer on top, which would work well with handheld pies.
If you are going to have a few double-crust pies, you can totally dress those up with cookie-cutter cut-outs (stars come to mind, as would a monogram of some kind).